Improvement in pack-saddles



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Patented l-uly 23, 1878.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

THOMAS MOORE, ()F GHEYENNE CITY, 'YOIING TERRITORY.

IMPROVEMENT IN PAGK-SADDLES.

Speclication forming part of Letters Iatent No. 206,138, datt-d llul)l 27, l; application filed May :23, 1379.

T 0 all trhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS MOORE, ot' Cheyenne City, in the county of Laramie and Territory of Vyoming, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pack-Saddles, of which the following, in connection with the accompanying drawing, is a specilication.

In the drawing, Fi gnre l is a side view of a pack-saddle embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a top view of the tree or side bars; Fig. 3, an end view of the tree; Fig. 4, a section in the plane of the line z z; Fig. 5, aI side view ofthe saddle-girth, showing its position with relation to the pads or stuffed skirts, the latter shown in section at the line w x; Fig. 6, a side view of the unfolded cargo-girth; Fig. 7, an edge view of the strap and means employed for connecting the broad and narrow parts of the cargo-girth, Fig. 8, a like representation of the manner of connecting the broad saddlegirth sections; Fig. 9, a rear elevation of the forward arched iron; Fig. 10, a section in the plane of the line g/ y, and Fie. 11 a top view ot' one of the arched or forked irons.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts.

A in the drawing represents the tree. This tree consists of the side bars a a, made preterably of wood and in the usual form, the said bars being connected to each other at their front and rear ends by means of the arched or forked irons or metallic pieces b b', the construction of which lwill be hereinafter more particularly described. YVith the exception of some novel features of construction relating to the parts b and b', the tree may be made in the usual or in any well-known way.

B I3 are pads iirmly attached to the bars a a, and arranged in such a manner as to cover them and the sides of the horse, as represented in Fig. 1. C is a strip or piece of leather, riveted or otherwise iirmly attached at its upper end to the tree, and having eyes made therein along its rear edge, as shown at c c.y

I) is a crupper, consisting of two broad straps, tapering toward their rear ends, and there connected by a narrow or round connectin g-piece, (indicated by the broken lines shown at el, Fi 0. 1,) and over which may be placed the thin pad d. The broad or forward ends of the ernpperstraps have perforations or eyes c c arranged vertically therein, and are braced to the strips or straps C C by means of thongs, as shown at e', it being` understood that a strap or piece is arranged on cach side of the rear part of the saddle, and that the pad d is thus brought underneath the animals tail when the saddle is applied.

E is a cross-bar or stit't'encr applied to the lower part of each pad B, and extcndingfroin the front to the rear thereof.

F F are straps or loops fastened to the pieces b and b', respectively, and having a buckle on one end and eyes in the other, as shown in Fi 1.

(lr Gr are straps attached, respectively, to the pieces b b', and G' is a strap fastened to the lower end of the strap (j, and the other ends ot' these straps (l (l are attached to the eentrall y-arran ged rin g Il, which is thus freely suspended in its position.

I is the saddle-girth. This girth consists of a broad belt, on each end of which is the leather bindingf, firmly stitched or otherwise fastened thereto. Secured in the fold of the binding f is thc straight bar of a D-shaped metallic loop, J and K K are leather loops, stitched or otherwise attached to the girth, and folded over the bent or exterior part ot' the loop J, and also, by preference, stitched together just behind or along the inner part ofthe said bent part. The central 'part ot' the outer or bent part of the loop J is straight, and gis a sleeve on this straight part. The loops K K diverge from each other, as shown, so as to leave the sleeve g free and admit of a connecting-strap.

L is a strap for connecting the girthI to the ring H. The upper end ot' this strap is looped into the ring H and stitched together just below theY rin g, where it is again looped to suspend a ring, M. I connect the girth to the saddle by passing the strap L through the loop J, then through the ring M, then downward through the loop J again, and then upward to the ring I l to which the strap is then tied or knotted in any suitable way, as is clearly shown in Fig. 5. Both ends of the girth I are connected to the saddle in the saine manner, or may be so connected.

N is the cargo-girth. This girth consists of a broad belt, N', made, as shown, in sections,

connected by means of the adjusting-straps O t), and their buckles and loops applied and arranged as indicated in Fig. 6. ()n cach end of the belt N is a loop, J, applied as the like loops are to the girth I.

N is a narrow or comparatively narrow belt or bami, forming a part of the girth N, :lint having thereon the buckles l l and loops J J, applied and arranged as indicated in l-`ig. 6.

Q Q are tightening straps. applied to the loops J .l on the girth-sections, constituting the part N otl the girth N. and these straps are t'astened to the metallic loops on the belt N in like manner as the strap l. is to the ring l.

lt is a Drshaped loop, suspended in thc upper ends of the straps t) t), or in the ends connected to the belt N. The straps t) Qare folded like the strap L. excepting that the former straps are held by buckles l l. as shown in Fig. 7.

As a` moditieation in the construction of the girth N, the belt N may be made continuous t instead of in sections, and the straps (l applied to the ends thereof and looped upon the straight bars ot' loops J J, buckles being also used in connection with the said straps` t'or the purpose of adjustment.

Two girths, N, should be employed to secure the load, and the girths passed over the irons or arched pieces l and b. To prevent the girths from slipping from the pieces b and b', I tiange the latter, as shown at lr b.

It is to be understood. ot' course, that both l sides ofthe saddle are to be constructed sub stantially alike. and that the parts applied to one side are duplicated on the other.

In order to secure the saddle to the animal, the. tree and its attachments are mounted upon the animal's back, and the girth 1 tightened by tightening one or both of the straps L L, it being understood that the erupperl) should l be first properly arranged and laced to the parts C t. The pads ll Il are thus also held l down smoothly by means of the straps (l (l, rings II II, and straps L L, as well as by the cross-bars l'l E and the girth. l

ly folding theI straps L L in the manner del scribed7 the effect is the same, or about the l same, as if a movable pulley were employed in l connection with cach strap. l

The pads protect the animal from being galled or injured by the load or cargo, and admit ofthe load being more tightly bound upon the animal without hurting him.

The load is fastened to the saddle by means of the straps 1" l, and afterward more firmly held in place by means ofthe girth N.

The girth N may be tightened firmly and with facility, for the reason that the straps Q Q are folded substantially like the straps L L.

The straps t) are employed to adjust the girth N to the size of the load, or to make it shorter or longer, as may be required, before the straps Q Q are tightened. i

It will be understood, of course, that no continuous piece of leather forming either the whole or a part of the broad portion ot' the girth N can be longer than the hide from which said piece is cut; and yet, in many eases, the size of the load may be such as to require a very long cargo-girth. The straps 0 0, theret'orc, when employed in the manner already described, not only enable me to make a very long and broad girth, but also render its length easily adjustable independently ofthe tightening-straps.

By constructing and applying thc loops J J in themanner described, l am able to fasten them very tirmly to the parts to which they are applied, and at the same time to furnish a very strong device for receiving the strain resulting from tightening the girths. These loops, instead ot' being connected tothe girthbelt; partly by means of the loops K K, may have lnctallic connecting-pieces cast to connect the straight bars of the metallic loops to the bent bars thereof.

llavingtlms described my invention, what l claim as new, aml desire to secure by Letters latent, is

1. The combination of the pads l Il, stifl'eningbars E E, and the saddle-tree, all arranged substantially as shown, for the purposes stated.

2. In colnbination with a pack-saddle and girth, the strap L, connected to the saddle, and provided at one end with a ring or loop, \I, the said strap folded, substantially as described, once through the said ring or loop l and twice through a loop on the end of the girth, for the purposes specified.

3. A pack-saddle girth provided at its ends with aI D-shaped metallic loop, J, having its straight or interior bar bound to the girth and its curved or exterior bar connected to the straight bar by means ot conueetmgparts, substantially as and for the purposes speer l tied.

4. A cargo-girth for pack-saddles, the said girth rendered adjustable in length by means of the adjusting-straps O O, substantially as and for the purposes speeied.'

5. The cargo-girth belts N' and N", thelatter provided with one or more buckles and the former with one or more fastening-straps, Q Q, the latter being folded substantially as specified, or back and forth through loops on the said belts, and fastened by means of one of the said buckles, for the purposes set forth.

G. The broad lateral bands or straps, connected by a narrow central connecting-piece, the whole ctmstituting the crupper D, in combination with a pack-saddle, substantially as and t'or the purposes specitied.

THOMAS Mtmltl.

\\'itnesses:

F. F. WARNER, tnAuLns Il. ScnoFF. 

